Poultry Science Major

Someone who likes cock so much they have to study it

Poultry Science Major: Man… I love cocks so much… I decided I wanted to study it!

by SpradDaddy May 2, 2024

For Science

When you see someone that you know you either don’t have a chance with or simply wouldn’t usually go for, but the opportunity shows, you wouldn’t turn it down out of simple curiosity. The idea comes from the way a hypothetical statement is set up. IF I had sex with this person, THEN I would know what it’s like with that person specifically.

“Well I just feel like he would be good in bed, I totally would, for science”

by V_Bunny March 22, 2025

Covid Science

1. When you just make stuff up that sounds good. So that people will believe it.
2. Untested opinions.

I am building a weather machine, but it's all Covid Science until I do some test runs.

by Khasy March 29, 2025

Beer Science

The only branch of academia where "further research" is just an excuse to open a fourth bottle on a Tuesday night. It turns "drinking alone" into "conducting a sensory evaluation" and "being hungover" into "gathering data on ethanol metabolites."

I'm not 'wasted' at 2:00 PM!

I’m deep into some beer science regarding the flavor stability of my barrel-aged stout. Now pass me the data opener!🍺

by @BigMac January 30, 2026

Meta-Science

The science of science itself—studying how research is done, published, and becomes accepted knowledge. It's the practice of applying scientific methods to the scientific process to uncover its flaws: publication bias, p-hacking, the replication crisis, and how grant funding shapes what gets studied. Meta-scientists are the mechanics looking under the hood of the knowledge-making machine, often finding duct tape and questionable wiring. It’s a field born from the realization that science is a human institution, with all the attendant biases and inefficiencies, and needs its own peer review.

*Example: "A meta-science study revealed that 60% of psychology studies couldn't be replicated. The researchers then did a meta-study on that finding to see if it was replicable. It's turtles—and slightly depressing statistics—all the way down."*

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Crony Science

A corrupt system where scientific funding, publication, and prestige are allocated not by merit, but through personal networks, institutional favoritism, and backroom deals. It's an old boys' club masquerading as a meritocracy, where who you know matters more than what you discover.

Example: "The grant went to the department chair's former student, despite a weaker proposal. That's crony science. The peer-review panel was stacked with his buddies, the journal he edits fast-tracked the publication, and a mediocre finding was launched as a major breakthrough."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Special Science

A term in philosophy of science referring to sciences that deal with specific, higher-level domains (like psychology, economics, geology) which have their own irreducible laws and explanations, even though they are ultimately grounded in physics. They are "special" because their phenomena require their own vocabulary and causal stories.

Example: "Trying to explain an economic recession solely with quantum physics is a category error. You need the special science of economics, with its own rules about supply, demand, and investor psychology. The recession 'supervenes' on particles, but isn't explained by them."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026